Danny wishes us a happy healthy New Year. He had a silent Christmas, occupying himself with home exercise and meditation to get ready for new missions this year. He will be leaving next week to prep for an upcoming dental mission.
Peachy advises that Debbie M.’s Facebook is hacked and is trying to get information so watch out. She thanks Kal for a referral and will meet Lavina’s family this afternoon. She is busy with clients. Last night she went to the Boathouse.
Jeanette is thankful to have been a Rotarian for one year now. She thanks Mary Lou for last week’s breakfast.
Elena thanks Mary Lou for arranging the breakfast. She had dinner with the team from Caring Hearts Dentistry, all-you-can-eat Korean. She is planning for the next mission at the end of January as she’ll be going, too.
Sandra thanks Chris P. for being the greeter. Christmas was non-traditional, celebrated on the 22nd. Britney and Brian did the dinner, Sandra set the table. Then she got the terrible cold that’s going around. They had steak for Christmas dinner, read books and did puzzles. Miller is starting to coo, so is cuter every day!
Pat was in Palm Springs last week and had booked a business class seat on sale. She was waiting for her gin and tonic, when she learned they couldn’t get the computer rebooted, was booted off the plane, found out all fights were full, had to be rebooked, and ended up in seat 30A next to the washroom. Sadly, her brother-in-law passed away on New Year’s Day evening.
Chris P. had an awesome Christmas with 6, just family, ate Chinese food and went to Van Dusen. Mitchell got his commercial pilot’s license and is soon going to Ontario for his multi-engine test. He aced his exam, and even went to Victoria to do it in his own plane. Chris fell on her face on Christmas day walking the dog, and couldn’t go out for two weeks as her face was bruised, cut and swollen. She was on board to answer the door for the duct cleaner, and when the doorbell rang, she immediately explained the bruising, but it was not even a parcel guy, just someone parking to avoid a garbage truck!🤕
Peter belongs to a seniors’ bridge club and the most senior lady is 111 years old! She just moved from Gilmore gardens to Lions Manor. The turkey from Melinda was delicious, and with a ham, they fed 25 people, mostly his son’s in(out)laws who came with their appetites. It was a wonderful breakfast on the 28th.
Bill says Jake was in from NY and went to a jazz club on New Year’s Eve. At 1:30 a.m., he knocked on their door, telling them not to panic, that he was ok, but warned about a lot of blood in the kitchen and on napkins. 🤕He had fainted on a cement sidewalk and the whole side of his face is raw. But that morning he was up again at 8:30 and is better now.
Kal introduced Kal, Bill and Peter as the seniors’ football team., defending Bill(not the Vikings I hope!). He sends accolades to the crew in Japan who saved so many people in the Japan flight accident.
Larry was busy this holiday season, more than he wanted to be, with lots of entertaining. He feels his is getting too old. New Year’s was quiet, as Steve was at the casino, so Larry was in bed with the dog at 10 p.m. Steve leaves for Vegas on the weekend for a week, so Larry will have a clean house. Erin at work lost her mom unexpectedly, so this morning, Larry will be arranging for the service.
John is thankful for breakfast on the 28th. He notes how Christmas changes over the years, with numbers of children and grandchildren at dinner going up and down. This year John did the turkey, brined, and cooked it. His sister hosted a family gathering Jan. 1, and John won that one with more of his kids there. He remembers a New Year’s when, two seconds after midnight, he popped the champagne bottle, and the cork went through the ceiling.
Mary Lou says Christmas with a 4-year-old is so much fun. Oscar’s family stayed overnight and got ready with milk and cookies for Santa and the reindeer, including leaving the screen open on the fireplace. Her cousin hosted for 28, including guests from Mexico, new partners and kids and it was the first Christmas without her dad. On New Year’s they played games.
Dalbir hosted lots of people as this was the first year when people dropped by unannounced, and it was nice. He missed the breakfast this year as he just couldn’t muster the energy to go. Blair spent all Christmas eve cooking at his house and they fed 32 people. He won’t do it next year!
Garth had a great drive to Whistler, in the snow, but it was raining when they got there. He had a 10 lb prime rib on the 23rd before leaving. He was in Victoria yesterday and saw Jesus Christ Superstar. (How Appropriate)
Chris M. had a very busy social holiday season, particularly a New Year’s Eve with 16 friends, playing Bunco. It’s a dice game which allows people to move from table to table and gives a chance to connect with everyone. A great way to make time go fast before midnight!
Gordon enjoyed a great family dinner between Christmas and New Year’s. It makes you think when your granddaughter says she’s getting her learner’s licence next week. Gordon also fell and his teeth went through his cheek, and he has a cane now. He, too, had lots of blood. He has a slight problem with meditation, as people can’t tell if he is doing it. His New Year’s wish is for peace.🤕
Marg had a great Christmas and New Year’s, with lots of activities, including Cinderella, Chor Leoni, etc. She recommends Melinda’s ham, which they ate before the turkey at their dinner for 12. She had open house on New Year’s Day, with more than 30 people. She shared a dryer sob story from her neighbour, who called for help the first time, was told her dryer was perfect, called a second time and they couldn’t find anything wrong either. Finally, after hundreds of dollars spent, it turned out there was a dead bird in the vent. It was a weird hockey game with 5 goals scored in one period, then we seemed to forget how to play in the 3rd period.
Blair did a great job at Dalbir’s and was even told he did a better job than Dalbir. His friend also suffered a sidewalk mishap in December, and landed face down and broke his wrist. Blair made it to 12:10 on New Year’s. The breakfast was great on the 28th.🤕
Bobby gave thanks for the breakfast as well. He had a great Christmas with family, and his daughter who is here from Toronto, hiking and playing squash. On New Year’s Eve they had parties at all the halls, then the next day had a church service, so he worked a lot. He has been a member of Rotary for 4 years now and has gotten to know Dalbir more - he dropped off a cheque for the Foundation, so Bobby wanted to recognize his dedication. However, he had his feelings hurt when he was told his house looked like an apartment building, with all those numbers. He updated us on his dining room table project – they went to Paramount, bought a 700 lb. table, and had to crane it into the house. It looks great and now he is looking for chairs.
Debbie S. had dinner for 15 on Christmas eve, then drove to Whistler for the great pigs in a blanket Christmas controversy. Nicole’s boyfriend is from England and wanted pigs in a blanket as one of the appetizers (which Debbie and Nicole thought would be sausage wrapped in pastry, not sausage wrapped in bacon). They went to all the stores but both versions were all sold out, so they ended up buying vegetarian sausage rolls and a spinach and cheese dish. The English side was disappointed not to have sausage wrapped in bacon. Google confirmed the two versions. As there was no snow in Whistler, they came home, but on Boxing Day the return by Creekside was mayhem busy, as there was blasting for avalanche control. Poor Nicole has been getting all the complaints, constantly for the last two weeks.
Bob also thanked Mary Lou for arranging the breakfast. It was the first time he went, but Dalbir or Bill didn’t attend! (blamed himself as did everybody else!). His Christmas was a blur, but the best was New Year’s Eve, spent in sweatpants, with a couple of friends, sipping wines and bourbons, and ordering Persian food from Anar in Steveston. His daughter stayed home from the usual club event and played beer pong and other games with friends, so although that kept them up, it was good to have her home and not out at a club. Six months left to go for his presidency!
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